2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
Energy Scenario modeling
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
- Instructor(s)
- Tatsuya Wakeyama
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ESI.T436
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Course description
A stable, economical, and environmentally friendly energy system must be realized to build a decarbonized society by combining various energy technologies. In this lecture, students will learn about the components of future energy system scenarios, using the construction of power system scenarios as an example. They will also learn methods for constructing and analyzing energy scenarios.
Aims
Understand the basics of mathematical programming and geographic information systems (GIS) required to construct energy scenarios developed by international organizations and governments. Understand how to integrate energy technologies into the scenario and analyze them. Finally, the course aims to cultivate "the basic specialized academic skills necessary to understand the multifaceted knowledge related to energy," which is one of the objectives of the energy course.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students will be able to develop a bird's eye view of energy technologies and understand the characteristics of energy scenarios proposed by governments and various organizations.
Keywords
Energy scenarios, power systems, renewable energy potential evaluation, linear programming, geographic information systems
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture and exercises
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Energy scenario components | Students will be able to provide an overview of energy scenarios and their components. |
| Class 2 | Renewable energy potential evaluation | Students will be able to explain renewable energy potential evaluation using GIS. |
| Class 3 | Balancing and dispatch model | Students will be able to explain the basis of the balancing and dispatch model using linear programming. |
| Class 4 | Energy scenario and power mix model | Students will be able to explain the energy scenario evaluation using the power mix model. |
| Class 5 | Unit commitment and stability of power system | Students will be able to explain the power system stability and its implementation in the model. |
| Class 6 | Power market model | Students will be able to explain the power market model using short-term marginal cost pricing. |
| Class 7 | Policy proposals based on energy scenarios | Students will be able to explain policy proposals based on energy scenarios. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
tbc
Reference books, course materials, etc.
To be distributed at each lecture
Evaluation methods and criteria
Learning achievement is evaluated by quizzes and reports after every lecture.
Related courses
- ENR.A407 ： Energy system theory
- ENR.A408 ： Economy of energy system
- ENR.B436 ： Special lecture of economics and politics in energy
Prerequisites
None required.